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Indigenous and local communities and protected areas guidelines: guidance on policy and practice for co-managed protected areas and community conserved areas
World Conservation Union, 2004This guide explores the protected area approaches and models that approach conservation as fully compatible with human communities.DocumentInter-linkages approach for wetland management: the case of the Pantanal wetland
United Nations University, 2004This report discusses the so called inter-linkages approach for wetland management, as to enable the creation of a regional framework for the management of the Pantanal wetland in south America.DocumentInternational governance of biodiversity: involving all the users of genetic resources
Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) / Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, 2004This paper analyses the extent to which greater involvement by users makes it possible to enlarge the discussion on international governance of access and benefit sharing.DocumentNatural resource conflict management case studies: an analysis of power, participation and protected areas
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003This report presents a collection of case studies which focus on processes of conflict management and resolution and the different ways and means that conflicts are addressed.DocumentBuilding effective co-management systems for decentralized protected areas management in Indonesia: Bunaken National Park case study
International Resources Group, 2004This report details recent progress towards the effective decentralised co-management of Bunaken National Park, Indonesia. Bunaken National Park is home to some of the richest marine biodiversity in the world, with over 1000 species of coral reef fish from 175 different families.The report consists of seven chapters.DocumentThe Millennium Development Goals and conservation: managing nature’s wealth for society’s health
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004This book focuses on the interface between poverty and the environment.DocumentTourism, poaching and wildlife conservation: what can integrated conservation and development projects accomplish?
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2004This paper examines Integrated Conservation and Development Projects (ICDPs), which have frequently been established in Africa to improve wildlife conservation and the welfare of local communities.DocumentResource exploitation, biodiversity and ecological events
Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, Hebrew University, Israel, 2004This paper examines the implications of threats of ecological events for the management of renewable resources. The author notes that the occurrence of an ecological event inflicts a penalty and changes the management regime. Unlike other sources of uncertainty, event uncertainty is resolved by occurrence, when policy changes are no longer useful.DocumentExploring the links: human well-being, poverty and ecosystem services
International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2004This paper addresses three major themes. Firstly, it demonstrates how human well-being is dependent on ecosystems and ecosystem services. Secondly, barriers and drivers are identified that prevent the poor from using ecosystem services.